SAU #70 BOARD
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2006
6:37 P.M., RAY SCHOOL MULTI
Minutes
Present: Board members Asmus, Bruce, Carpenter, Carter, Chamberlin, Fleischer, Gray, Pilchman, Sachsse; Administrators Gersen; and one members of the public.
1. Call to order
Chair Gray called the meeting to order at 6:37 p.m.
2. Chair’s report
Chair Gray updated the Board on the process that will be followed for the Superintendent’s evaluation. She said that the evaluation team will consist of Margaret Cheney and Nancy Carter. They will survey members of the Board, administration, faculty, SAU, finance committee, and community during May and June, then compile the data collected for discussion with the full Board and Superintendent at a late August meeting. Ms. Gray also said that the team will meet with the Superintendent before the August meeting to review the information with him in order to help him formulate his goals for the 2006-07 school year.
Evaluation materials will be included in the Board’s May packet.
3. Business requiring discussion
a) Long Range Planning Committee Report - Linda Gray summarized the work of the Long Range Planning Committee saying that the Committee, after meeting with consultants, is recommending that an ad hoc SAU committee be formed to plan and implement round table discussions designed to elicit answers to various questions composed by this Ad Hoc Committee from a diverse cross section of parents, community members, and faculty. The subcommittee will then compile the information gathered at the round table meetings and issue a report on June 20.
Board members discussed various scenarios for the round tables meetings such as grouping of attendees, possible meeting dates, and the types of questions that should be asked. Ms. Gray then asked Superintendent Gersen to place transaction ads in the newspaper to enlist volunteers to serve on the subcommittee. Members of the subcommittee will be appointed at the Board’s May 8 meeting.
4. Nonpublic session
Kari Asmus moved and John Chamberlin seconded a motion to enter nonpublic session in accordance with RSA 91-A:3 for discussion of personnel matters at 7:05 p.m. The motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
The Board returned to public session at 7:28 p.m.
5. Adjournment
John Chamberlin moved and Kari Asmus seconded a motion to adjourn at 7:29 p.m. The motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 7:29 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary B. Davis
Recording Secretary
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